Top of the hops socks – Sock competition

There were only 5 pairs of Large and 5 pairs of medium Charles Faram hop socks left.  So to save the fighting we did a sock competition… and the names with the correct answers were pulled out of two hats on Friday 6th December The sock winners BarnBocock (Twitter)BeestonHop (Twitter)Claire Kirkman (Twitter)Giggling Brew Co (Twitter)Janette […]

Neighbouring postcode’s big win

Gold Medal for Friday Beer’s new WR14 ale produced using raw materials from Charles Faram The Friday Beer Co is proud to be the winner of a Gold “European Beer Challenge” Medal, at what is recognised in the trade as the most Important Beer Competition in the World. Winning a Gold European Beer Challenge Medal […]

First AromaFest of Northern crop 2019

New hop variety aroma assessments The first AromaFest of 2019 crop took place today, assessing potential new varieties from our Hop Development Programme. The first of 5 sessions before Christmas, already some really interesting & exciting aromas. The next stop for those that stand out? Pilot brewing trials!  Faram’s own Robbie Harrigan, Mark Lovegrove and […]

Five minutes with Faram

Dave and Ben Sweeney, Bank Top Brewery What’s your favourite hop? David: Cascade Ben: Amarillo® What’s your favourite beer? David: Bank Top – Pavilion Pale Ale and Phoenix – White Monk Ben: Bank Top – Bad to the Bone and Thornbridge – Jaipur Favourite food & beer pairing David: Beef Wellington & Bank Top Port […]

Robbie and the new type of concentrated hop product

Robbie and the new type of concentrated hop product It’s been a really exciting brewday today on the pilot plant. We’ve been working away behind the scenes  on a new type of concentrated hop product and we now have some material to play with, produced from our beloved Jester® I’m brewing a simple, clean light […]

Charles Faram Green Hop schedule September 2019

Green hop schedule for September 2019 Green hops will rush out from us on the following dates in order to arrive at the brewery as fresh as possible,   Tuesday 17th September – Sovereign Thursday 19th September – Cascade Tuesday 24th September Jester® Tuesday 1st October Olicana® About green hops

Extension of 3 Year Best Before Date

We at Charles Faram wish to provide hops of the highest possible quality. Therefore, we give a Best Before Date of 5 years from the point of harvest. Any hop crops before 2017 have a Best Before Date of 3 years but after conducting Stringent quality testing we are confident they will be suitable for […]

Date limite d’utilisation optimale

Notre objectif à Charles Faram est de fournir du houblon de la plus haute qualité. Par conséquent, nous donnons une date de limite d’utilisation optimale (DLUO) de 5 ans à partir du moment de la récolte. Tous les houblons récoltés avant 2017 ont une DLUO de 3 ans. Cependant, après avoir effectué une série de […]

Five minutes with Faram – Jon Stringer, Ramsgate Brewery

Jon Stringer,The Ramsgate Brewery What’s your favourite hop? East Kent Golding. It’s massively classy and lends fabulous flavour to beer.  What’s your favourite beer?  There are many but Five Points Railway Porter, Northern Monk Glory, Mahrs Brau Helles, Marble Peaches & Beaches, Yeastie Boys Gunnamatta, Gadds’ No5, Burning Sky Plateau to name but a few… […]